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War and Peace by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Hardback)

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Both epic and intimate, a compassionate portrait of humanity and an engrossing read, this is the War and Peace of choice for a whole new generation.

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Chronicling the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, this intimate study of individual passions and epic historical novel is nothing less than a complete portrait of human existence.

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Putnam INC International Concepts, Penguin USA

ISBN-10067003469x

ISBN-139780670034697

eBay Product ID (ePID)177204530

Product Key Features

AuthorCount Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

FormatPaper over Boards, Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Hardback, With Dust Jacket

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral Fiction

GenreGeneral & Literary Fiction

Dimensions

Weight1769g

Height234mm

Width171mm

Additional Product Features

Place of PublicationNew York, Ny

Spine66mm

Pagination1412 Pp

Translated byAnthony Briggs

Author BiographyCount Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. In 1862, Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs, a marriage that was to become, for him, bitterly unhappy. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a mecca for his many converts At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a break down in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910. Anthony Briggs has written, translated, or edited twenty books in the fields of Russian and English literature.

Edition StatementAnnotated Edition

Country of PublicationUnited States